Fraggle Rock

Fraggle Rock
Also known as	Jim Henson's Fraggle Rock Fraggle Rock with Jim Henson's Muppets
Genre	Comedy Children's
Created by	Jim Henson
Written by	Jerry Juhl (head writer) Philip Balsam Carol Bolt David Brandes Jim Henson Susan Juhl Dennis Lee Barrie Phillip Nichol Laura Phillips Bob Sandler Jocelyn Stevenson Sugith Varughese David Young
Directed by	Nick Abson George Bloomfield Norman Campbell Peter Harris Jim Henson Richard Hunt Doug Williams Martin Lavut Terry Maskell Wayne Moss Perry Rosemond Les Rose Eric Till
Starring	Gerry Parkes as Doc Muppet performers: Jerry Nelson Dave Goelz Steve Whitmire Kathryn Mullen Karen Prell Richard Hunt Jim Henson
Opening theme	"Down at Fraggle Rock"
Ending theme	"Down at Fraggle Rock" (second verse)
Country of origin	United Kingdom United States Canada
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	5
No. of episodes	96 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)	Jim Henson
Producer(s)	Jerry Juhl
Location(s)	Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Editor(s)	Christopher Roy
Running time	25 minutes
Production company(s)	Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Home Box Office Henson Associates Jim Henson Television RYK-5
Release
Original network	CBC (Canada) HBO (USA) ITV (UK)
Picture format	4:3 (480i NTSC) (U.S.) 4:3 (576i PAL) (International)
Audio format	Stereo (1983–1985) Dolby Surround (1986–1987)
Original release	January 10, 1983 (1983-01-10) – March 30, 1987 (1987-03-30)
Chronology
Followed by	Fraggle Rock: The Animated Series
Related shows	The Muppet Show
External links
Website

Fraggle Rock (also known as Jim Henson's Fraggle Rock or Fraggle Rock with Jim Henson's Muppets) is a British/American/Canadian children's live action puppet television series about interconnected societies of Muppet creatures, created by Jim Henson.

Fraggle Rock was co-produced by British television company Television South (TVS), the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, U.S. pay television service Home Box Office and Henson Associates. Unlike Sesame Street, which had been created for a single market and later adapted for international markets, Fraggle Rock was intended from the start to be an international production and the whole show was constructed with this in mind.

Fraggle Rock debuted in 1983 as one of the first shows involving the collaboration of Henson International Television (HiT Entertainment from 1989), the international arm of Jim Henson Productions. The co-production brought together British regional ITV franchise-holder Television South (TVS), CBC Television, United States pay-television service Home Box Office and Henson Associates (later Jim Henson Productions). Filming took place on a Toronto sound-stage (and later at Elstree Studios, London). The avant-garde poet bpNichol worked as one of the show's writers. In the early days of development, the script called the Fraggles "Woozles" pending the devising of a more suitable name.

Henson described the Fraggle Rock series as "a high-energy, raucous musical romp. It's a lot of silliness. It's wonderful." The program proved accessible to audiences of all ages, and used the fantasy creatures as an allegory to deal with serious issues such as prejudice, spirituality, personal identity, the environment, and social conflict.

...
Wikipedia